Pune traffic diversions will affect several major roads on Sunday and Monday during Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit, with parking bans and temporary closures announced around venues in Sadashiv Peth and the Pune district council area. The traffic police have asked motorists to use alternative routes and follow on-ground instructions.
Parking will be prohibited on the road from the Air Force base in Lohegaon to Viman Nagar and on the route from Ramwadi to the Bharat Forge company in Mundhwa on both Sunday and Monday. The restrictions will apply to all types of vehicles in the specified stretches.
The parking ban will also cover North Main Road in Koregaon Park, Jehangir Hospital Chowk, Engineering College Chowk, Nehru Memorial Chowk, Jangli Maharaj Road, Tilak Chowk, Fergusson Road, Khude Chowk near the observatory, the stretch from Sangamwadi to Shahdawalbaba Chowk in Yerawada, the road from Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Chowk to Golf Club Road, and the route from 509 Chowk to the Lohegaon Air Force base.
A separate set of restrictions has been planned around an event at the Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal in Sadashiv Peth on Monday. From 9am until the programme ends, parking will not be allowed on Tilak Road and around Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad, Badshahi Hotel and Bharat Natya Mandir.
The road between Kirad Chowk and Nehru Memorial Hall Chowk will be closed to traffic from 7am on Monday until the event concludes. Motorists travelling through the area have been advised to take the route from Kirad Chowk via the General Post Office to Hotel Blue Nile Chowk and continue towards their destinations.
Traffic restrictions will also be imposed around the Pune district council premises, where another programme is scheduled. The road between Dorabjee Mall and Hotel Blue Nile Chowk will remain closed. Visitors approaching the area have been asked to park at SGS Mall, Poona Club, Ladies Club, Kirad Chowk, lanes near the Pune Police Commissionerate, ISKCON Temple and Blue Nile Chowk.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic Branch, Dr Sandeep Bhajibhakare, appealed to motorists to use the alternative routes and comply with directions issued by traffic personnel. The restrictions are intended to manage vehicle movement around the visit venues and associated security arrangements during the two-day schedule.
